Norad ID: 39460
| Spacetrack Directory Name | SES 8 |
| Group | SES |
| Follow SES 8 | SES 8 Tracker |
| Group follow SES | Tracker SES |
| Pass predictions SES 8 | Pass predictions SES 8 |
| Orbit launches |
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| Days in orbit | 4538 |
| Country/organisation of origin | SES |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 35783 km |
| Apogee | 35790 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 0.02° |
| Laps per day | 1 |
| Orbit | GEO |
| Height SES 8 | 35786.33 km |
SES-8 is a geostationary communication satellite operated by SES. SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 2013, 22:41 UTC.It was the first flight of any SpaceX launch vehicle to a supersynchronous transfer orbit,
an orbit with a somewhat larger apogee than the more usual Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) typically utilized for communication satellites.